…“We Were Held by a River and Threatened With Death if We Made Noise”
The 100 rescued pupils and students of St. Mary Catholic School, Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State have recounted how they were camped near a river and threatened with guns if they made noise or cried out.
KTNN reported on Monday that 100 of the abducted schoolchildren were released on Sunday evening in a process coordinated by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA). About 50 of the students had earlier escaped from the bandits out of over 300 people kidnapped from the school.
The NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, was represented by Wing Commander Abdullahi Idi Hong, who handed over the children to the governor of Niger State, Mohammed Umaru Bago.
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The NSA disclosed that the rescue operations were jointly coordinated with the military and the Department of State Services (DSS).
Recounting her ordeal in the hands of the abductors, one of the students, Florence Michael, said the children were taken deep into the forest and later camped near a river.
She said, “We were taken down into the forest and bushes before they camped us near a river, and we were made to sleep on a trampoline.
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